Indeed, for Zhou Wei, today was like all the worst and most unfortunate accidents had happened at the same time.
Receiving a call from No.3 at the last minute and helping to bring Lin Feng and the other two to visit the stadium was just a small matter.
Even if he used a little bit of power and borrowed some face from the investor, it was still a small matter.
Unfortunately, Lin Feng and the other two had bumped into Zhang Wenming, who didn't like him at all.
What was even more unfortunate was that Zhang Wenming just happened to seize this point to start making things difficult, and then called him over to confront him face-to-face — but even at this time, the problem was still not too big.
The most troublesome thing was that this competitor of his, who usually posed no threat to him, had suddenly grasped the most fatal detail in this seemingly ordinary matter, as if he had been enlightened. He could not refute at all, and could only watch as his opponent used this as a pretext to make a fuss.
And at this point, when he had already made a compromise, hoping to control the situation as much as possible, everything was still barely within the scope of control.
But who knew …
Coincidentally or not, Zhang Wenming had invited his business partner and investor to the scene.
Then everything really went wrong.
Something big happened.
Even in this kind of situation, if it was another investor who was easier to talk to, with Zhou Wei's ability to deal with people in this kind of business cooperation negotiation, he would always be able to get along well with the partner, and this small problem could also be solved.
But this time, the investor was an exception.
Just as he bitterly admitted to Lin Feng and the other two, it was as he described to them.
That Chase's Boss Hu …
He was a person who could not tolerate even the slightest bit of sand in his eyes.
…
This time, the investor was Chase Esports, a domestic esports equipment brand founded in the past six months, but its financial strength was extremely strong. Just from the understanding that Zhou Wei did after the first contact, he knew that Chase Esports was just the tip of the iceberg of this company. The real mountain behind it was said to be a larger industrial group, with an extremely perfect and mature industrial chain layout in the offline world.
And Zhou Wei also happened to meet this Boss Hu of Chase Esports on an accidental occasion two or three months ago. After a period of hard work, they finally got in touch, so that their UK branch and Chase Esports reached a preliminary stage of cooperation —
Chase Esports would be in charge of funding and sponsoring, allowing the UK branch of the Telecommunications Association to use their various overseas resources and channels to help Chase's products open up the UK and European markets.
The League of Legends S6 World Finals was the first collaboration between the two sides.
There were even other surprises beyond Zhou Wei's expectations. At first, he only thought that the cooperation between the British branch of the Telecommunications Industry Association and Chase was limited to the relatively simple parts of the contract and regulations that had been negotiated. But recently, when he was busy helping the three domestic LPL teams to come to the Manchester City game stadium for early debugging and inspection, he casually mentioned this to Chase's Boss Hu …
Then they directly said that Milton Arena, which was the venue for the group stage on Manchester City's side, also happened to have a cooperative relationship with the parent company of Chase Group.
In that case, they would be able to help with the introductions and integrate and distribute better resources.
To be more specific —
The UK branch of the Telecommunications Association wasn't the only one doing things like helping their own division's teams arrive at the scene in advance for debugging and testing.
Europe's LCS, North America's LCS, Korea's LCK, and Taiwan's LMS were all busy preparing for this.
Therefore, there would naturally be competition between people in the same industry.
Whether it was the allocation of time for debugging and testing of the competition venue.
Or the proportion of the number of workshops that each Telecommunications Industry Association could occupy when the competition officially began after the venue.
They all needed to fight for it.
And on this point, it was Chase's Boss Hu who had helped Zhou Wei's branch a lot. For example, it was all thanks to him that they were able to get enough and even more time for debugging and testing today, which was far beyond the expected debugging and testing time — the sponsor had spoken, and the stadium side agreed quite readily, directly pushing back the debugging arrangements of the other Telecommunications Industry Association.
It could even be said that it was precisely because Zhou Wei had connected with Chase this time that it became a great work achievement for him. That was why he had more weight in the eyes of the senior executives during the job evaluation at the domestic headquarters, and was about to become the designated candidate for the British branch's director, beating Zhang Wenming in one fell swoop.
Therefore, Zhou Wei himself was also very grateful. He thought of bringing some gifts to visit Boss Hu a few days ago, wanting to express his gratitude in person.
But the result was that he was directly and unceremoniously rejected by the other party.
The other party's words were also very direct and simple:
"What I value is the resources of your Telecommunications Industry Association, which can be a good docking cooperation with Chase.
"In addition, I also value your personal ability and style, which is why I am willing to help you with such a small matter.
"That's all.
"As for other fancy things, there's no need for it, and don't do it again."
After saying this, he directly asked Zhou Wei to go out.
If he didn't give Zhou Wei any more face, it would seem a little unreasonable.
However, at that time, after Zhou Wei recovered from the shock, he felt even more respect and admiration for Boss Hu, who seemed to be iron-faced and emotionless. Boss Hu was truly straightforward and neat in doing things. He was fair in his words and would not mix any personal feelings or personal interests with it.
But he didn't expect …
The character and quality of Boss Hu, which he originally respected and admired the most, seemed to be about to become his biggest source of danger and trouble today.
…
It was precisely because of the previous few short exchanges that Zhou Wei was now extremely convinced that the "mistake" he had made before was absolutely intolerable in the eyes of Chase's Boss Hu.
With Boss Hu's character and temper, it was impossible for him to talk about personal relations with him on business matters.
What's more, they had no personal relationship to begin with.
Just like Boss Hu's evaluation of him before, the reason why Zhou Wei could be valued by Boss Hu was that he was a down-to-earth person and would not have any other thoughts or petty schemes.
But now —
He secretly took a few children into the stadium in the name of Chase, which was precisely against what Boss Hu valued him.
It was precisely this matter that could not be more trivial for ordinary people, perhaps in the eyes of Boss Hu, it was more serious.
Therefore, at this time, Zhou Wei had almost resigned himself to his fate.
Next to him, Lin Feng and the other two were still comforting him:
"Brother Zhou, it's okay."
"That Boss Hu … should be reasonable, right?"
"He won't get angry because of such a small matter."
Zhou Wei could only smile bitterly and express his gratitude for the three's kind comfort, but he clearly knew that the problem was not optimistic at all.
At this moment, footsteps were heard not far away.
Everyone, including the staff of the Telecommunications Industry Association who pretended to be busy, subconsciously raised their heads and looked in the direction of the sound.
What came into view.
It was a middle-aged man in his forties. His face was firm and serious, and he was striding towards them with strong footsteps.
It was Boss Hu of Chase.
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